Reasons for moving to Poland

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Dec 10, 08, 18:01 #151

Seanus:

You will encounter ignorance virtually everywhere.

Much to my benefit today, actually.

I was getting the bus to the school with two of my fellow teachers - but as one of my friends had got there way before me and the other one, she ended up with some dour businessman-type sitting next to her. Of course, we get there and start talking in English about all sorts of nonsense (which probably really did sound like nonsense to him). After about five minutes, he clearly had enough and got up and sat elsewhere, which was nice :)

Although my pet hate is when people on buses here will try and sit next to you on one of those slightly-too-big-for-one-person seats. I'm developing new ways of irritating them as we speak, grrrr!

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Dec 10, 08, 18:08 #152
Yeah, English tends to get them going

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Dec 12, 08, 06:34 #153
ya its hard but i like it thats the mean thing:) im going back to ireland for christmas i miss it there:(

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Dec 12, 08, 06:38 #154
Hi Shelly, I am going to Ireland for the X-mas too :) I do not miss ireland so much, sometimes. But I do not want to live in Ireland. I might move from here in a few years, I don't know where to. But who knows anything can happen in a few years. Take care of yourself. And keep in touch.

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Dec 12, 08, 08:24 #155
why do you not want to live in ireland? if its ok for me to ask

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Dec 12, 08, 08:31 #156
A few different reasons. It rains too much. I love to travel. I feel that if I were to move back, that I would be moving backwards in my life. I don't feel like I have anything to move back to, everything has changed there and I have changed. I get very frustrated there after a couple of weeks, too many ghosts, you know memories of things past, some great, some not so great.

telefonitika

Dec 12, 08, 08:49 #157

SeanBM:

A few different reasons.

likewise ... but still here

SeanBM:

I love to travel.

ditto

SeanBM:

I feel that if I were to move back, that I would be moving backwards in my life.

exactly ...

SeanBM:

I get very frustrated there after a couple of weeks, too many ghosts, you know memories of things past, some great, some not so great.

ill comment more on this one after i come back heading home for christmas (moj urodziny and slywester as well and lots more parties :P) mwah

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Dec 12, 08, 09:30 #158
yeah but there is no place like home i no it rains alot but its lovely there im just 2weeks in poland and i miss ireland so much:( my familly,friends,old place's i feel much better in ireland in poland i dont no anyone or any place i dont have familly or friends there. but everyone is different if you like to travel then i think you shoud go for it because i never got too:)

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Dec 12, 08, 10:31 #159

I know it is difficult when you have to leave a country for financial reasons.
It has happened to me before, it feels like the choice was made for you.

All I can say that will help you, is to learn the language, it helps an awful lot.

Buy a few aeroplane tickets home so you will not miss it so much.

I have only ever gotton homesick once, not in this country and things were really bad at the time, I just jumped on a plane and flew home.

I love Ireland, it is my birth place and I will always feel very close to it, even if i am not but I just felt it was time for me to move on.

"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways."
This quote, Is kind of what it is for me, I have made my life outside of Ireland but like my childhood i will cherish her.

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Dec 12, 08, 11:05 #160
i dont no what to say but if you want that then your doing the rite thing:) but i have to go home i miss it to much.

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Dec 12, 08, 11:27 #161
Yeah, fair enough, different strokes for different folks. So are you going to live here and there?. Or have you made up your mind yet? It is not easy to learn Polish but over 40,000,000 people speak it, so so can you:)

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Dec 12, 08, 12:39 #162
I thought i could live in poland but i cant:( i no thats sad hmm? its just not the place for me. I always wanted to live in paris but i never got the chance: now thats sad hmmm?

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07 ♂	Dec 12, 08, 12:40 #163
telefonitika: still here Welcome back to PF, young lady.

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Edited by: SeanBM Dec 12, 08, 12:42 #164

shelly:

I thought i could live in poland but i cant:( i no thats sad hmm? its just not the place for me. I always wanted to live in paris but i never got the chance: now thats sad hmmm?

It's not really.
Most people I know would not want or like to move from where they are.
People who move from country to country are in the minority.
So it is not so sad, at least you tried :) which is more than most people do.
Put it down to experience.
Well, I don't know Paris, I get very mixed reviews about the place, have you been?
Or is it like one of those romantic ideas of how wonderful Paris is in the
the Spring?

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Dec 12, 08, 13:02 #165
just one of those romantic ideas

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Dec 12, 08, 13:09 #166
Are you 100% moving back to Ireland or are ou gonna wait till after Christmas and see how it is then?

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Dec 12, 08, 13:15 #167
Nah im going to go back:) rite now im in poland and i have noting to do just working all the time and im going mad your from dublin yes?

telefonitika	Dec 13, 08, 08:50 #168
osiol: young lady. that i am indeed ... :)

polishgirltx	Dec 13, 08, 11:52 #169
shelly: I thought i could live in poland but i cant:( maybe it's not a right time for you yet...or maybe you didn't give it a chance... shelly: I always wanted to live in paris me too, after i visited the city for the first time... but i was way too young and after all i ended up in some totally different place... it's about timing...

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Dec 13, 08, 12:36 #170
yah maybe its not time for me yet. but i just miet go to paris:)

niburakThreads: 4 Posts: 50 Joined: Dec 12, 08 ♂	Dec 15, 08, 13:00 #171
I have left Poland 20 years ago and for many year i want to go back. Now when i could go back I am scare. I do not like cigaret smokers and drinkers (alkohol). Being in Sod. Callfornia for meny years I forgot how to live in cold climate. Vacation in Poland at summer time is the best option for me.

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Dec 17, 08, 20:17 #172

niburak:

Dec 15, 08, 13:00 #171

I have left Poland 20 years ago and for many year i want to go back. Now when i could go back I am scare

I know a number of Poles who returned to Poland after many years spent in the USA. They all felt scared at some point but did it anyway, and now are quite happy with their decision. Life is all about growing, testing new waters and challenging yourself. If moving to Poland was your dream for "many years", why not give it a try for a limited time (a year or so)? You might be pleasantly surprised. At least, you'll know that you gave it a chance, and not have any regrets. And if your worst fears come true, you can always go back to SoCal...

SeanBM:

Well, I don't know Paris, I get very mixed reviews about the place, have you been?
Or is it like one of those romantic ideas of how wonderful Paris is in the
the Spring?

Paris is not just a romantic notion. In addition to being one of the most visually beautiful places on earth, it has that certain je ne sais quoi that burrows deeply into your soul and never lets go. I left Paris almost 5 years ago and still dream about it most nights.

niburakThreads: 4 Posts: 50 Joined: Dec 12, 08 ♂	Dec 21, 08, 21:36 #173
Isa thanks for encouragement I like statement "life is about groing" Now I got to the point when I am not sure if I still want to do this. My life change and I change too. Going to live in Poland for one year looks good to me. It would give a chance to my new wife to find out how she can tolerate climate.

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Apr 25, 09, 20:37 #174
seanBM: hi i am thinking again to move to poland:) i dont have any work in ireland just my husband but thats no good:( and i just have experience in cathering things like that you no what i meen. maybe you could help me a little? what do you think i should do?? i really what to get out of ireland there is noting here anymore for me

sister actThreads: 2 Posts: 86 Joined: Apr 3, 09 ♀	Apr 26, 09, 14:01 #175
shelly: hi i am thinking again to move to poland:) Me too, I want to learn to speak polish. I am so worried about how I will cope with no friends and no one to talk too. But I am also rotting away here in Ireland with no work.So i will move next year.

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Apr 26, 09, 15:06 #176
what work will you be doing over there? if u dont mind me asking

sister actThreads: 2 Posts: 86 Joined: Apr 3, 09 ♀	Edited by: sister act Apr 26, 09, 15:15 #177
shelly: what work will you be doing over there? if u dont mind me asking Haven't crossed that bridge yet but my main goal is to speak polish.

shellyThreads: 1 Posts: 46 Joined: Oct 28, 08 ♀	Apr 26, 09, 15:22 #178
look up polish lessons on the internet and you will see alot of lessons that will help you. at the moment i am doing that also;) have you ever been to poland?

jojospacemunkyThreads: 4 Posts: 73 Joined: Apr 25, 09 ♀	Apr 26, 09, 15:38 #179
shelly: have you ever been to poland? i would personally recommend to anyone thinking of moving to Poland at least go over a few times first before moving over there at least then you can see the way of life, experience the culture and immerse yourself into daily life there but thats my opinion :)

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Apr 26, 09, 15:48 #180

shelly:

look up polish lessons on the internet and you will see alot of lessons that will help you. at the moment i am doing that also;) have you ever been to poland

Thanks I will give look in to that.

jojospacemunky:

would personally recommend to anyone thinking of moving to Poland at least go over a few times first before moving over there at least then you can see the way of life, experience the culture and immerse yourself into daily life there but thats my opinion

:)

you are right you have to know what your getting yourself in too

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